Chapter Five: The Weekend Begins

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On Thursday, Sirius came to the Dursleys around noon to talk to the Dursleys about Harry coming to spend the weekend with him. To say the least, Uncle Vernon and Aunt Petunia were not pleased with the unexpected visit. However, they were glad to get rid of Harry for the weekend. A little too happy for Sirius' liking. He kept that bit of information in the back of his mind for a later time.

Sirius was due to pick Harry up around noon on Friday and Harry was going to stay with Sirius until Sunday evening. Naturally, Uncle Vernon had talked to, or rather threatened Harry to keep his mouth shut about the things that went on in the Dursleys household. Vernon had a feeling that Sirius wouldn't have been to keen to hear that his godson was being mistreated. The idea of a full grown wizard blowing him into pieces wasn't exactly a comforting thought, so he made sure that Harry kept quiet.

When Friday had arrived Harry was eager to go. Over the week Sirius had taken Harry out to lunch a few times and they spent a good deal of time together. Harry had found it relatively easy to get along with Sirius.

Harry wasn't sure how he was getting to Sirius' house. When Sirius had came on Thursday he had apparated to Dursley's street and walked to their house from their. You couldn't apparate into their house due to the protection barriers.

Harry got the answer he was looking for ten minutes after noon when a black motorcycle came roaring down the street, came to a stop in front of the house and Sirius got off the bike. He took off his helmet and proceeded to the house.

Uncle Vernon made a face at the sight. He wasn't fond of motorcycles. He thought they were for hooligans and gang members. Harry found the whole situation sort of funny. Sirius didn't look like a hooligan, he looked cool.

Before Harry went to open the door Uncle Vernon growled, "Remember boy, keep your mouth shut."

Harry just nodded and opened the door and let Sirius in. He was wearing a black leather jacket with a pair of faded jeans and a grey tee-shirt. He was also wearing a pair of black sunglasses which he moved to the top of his head as he entered the house.

"Hey." Harry said, "I'll just go get my stuff."

"Okay, I'll wait here." Sirius replied as Harry went up the stairs. Uncle Vernon watched Sirius like a hawk the entire time he was in the house.

"So," Sirius said to Uncle Vernon, "I'll bring Harry back here on Sunday around dinner time I guess."

"And don't be late; we eat at dinner at six-o-clock, I don't want our meal to be interrupted because of lateness." Uncle Vernon said angrily

Sirius used all the strength he had to keep himself from punching Vernon right in the face. No one tells Sirius Black what to do. Sirius just sent a glare Vernon's way that made the large man back away from Sirius a little.

Luckily, Harry had not spent much time getting his stuff together and came downstairs with a small overnight bag, "I'm ready."

"Great." Sirius said as he took the bag from Harry. He turned back to Vernon and said, "See you on Sunday."

Sirius and Harry left the house and Vernon quickly locked the door behind them. Sirius just shook his head, muggles. They walked over to the motorcycle and Harry smiled, "Awesome."

"Isn't she a beauty? I bought her when I was eighteen. It has your normal motorcycle capabilities, but I might have played around with mechanism a bit. I bewitched it, I can fly on it, but I normally on fly it at night. I would draw too much attention to myself if I rode it in the middle of the day."

"This is so cool." Harry asked with a grin, "Can I drive it?"

"Yeah." Sirius said

"Really?" Harry asked excitedly

"Sure, when you turn sixteen, that is." Sirius smiled and handed Harry a helmet. Sirius put his own helmet on and got on the bike.

Harry just watched him for a minute before Sirius said, "Well, are you coming or not?"

Harry nodded and climbed on behind Sirius. Sirius said, "Hold on." And with that, they were off.

From the opposite corner of the block, Brock watched as Sirius and Harry drove away. With a frown on his face he threw the cigarette he was smoking to the ground and turned towards the park.

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Sirius lived about an hour away from the Dursleys. One the way to his house, they passed a small town with many little shops and restaurants. It seemed like a really mellow town. It surprised Harry that Sirius would live in such a quiet town. He pictured Sirius as the city type.

Sirius' house was even move unexpected than the town. It was an old, light stone house with a brown roof. It wasn't a large house, but it seemed big enough for two people from the outside. There were only two other houses on the block. The land around Sirius' house was filled with numerous plants and flowers. There were large trees surrounding the block. It reminded Harry of the type of house you'd seen in a fairy tale book.

Sirius pulled into the driveway and he and Harry got off the motorcycle. Sirius' hair looked perfect when he took the helmet off while Harry's looked like he had lost a fight to a lawnmower.

"We're here." Sirius said as he put his helmet on his bike and picked up Harry's bag.

"I'm a bit surprised. I never really pictured you as the small town sort." Harry said as he looked around

"I'm not really." Sirius confessed, "I waned to live in a quiet area for a while. You know, wait till things calm down in the wizarding world before I make an appearance again. I just wanted some quiet for now, I get recognized to easily in the wizarding world. Once I get back on my feet and things die down I'm going to get a place in London."

Harry followed Sirius into the house and Sirius started to show him around. Automatically, Harry liked it. It wasn't perfect like the Dursleys house, which looked like no one even lived there because it was so clean.

The front door led to a white entry hall with a staircase leading to the second floor. There were two doors in the entry way, one led to a closet and the other to a small bathroom.

To the right of the hall was a living room with comfy looking couches and a fireplace. The living room walls were painted a soft green color. Over one of the arms of the couch was a messily folded blanket. The curtains in the living room matched the walls nicely. The wood floor was a light tan color. There were a few cardboard boxes in that were piled in the corner.

Next to the living room was a large cream colored kitchen. The kitchen had a dining room off of it that contained a small table and four chairs. There was amble counterpace in the kitchen and a large window above the sink let the sunlight into the room. There was a bar-bench eating area with stools on the right side of the kitchen.

The kitchen had a sliding glass door that led to the backyard. Through the glass, Harry could tell that the back yard was enormous and filled with many gardens.

Sirius had explained to Harry that Dumbledore had already placed certain security measures on the house so it was definitely safe.

"Sorry it's a bit messy," Sirius said as they left the living room and went back into the entry hall, "I still have some unpacking and painting to do upstairs. Let me show you were your room is. I'm sure you want to get settled in."

Sirius and Harry climbed the staircase which led to a hall that smelled distinctly of fresh paint. On the right side of the hall was Sirius' room. Next to Sirius' room was a bathroom. On the left side of the hall was Harry's room.

Sirius opened the door and Harry followed him inside the room. Sirius cleared his throat, "I know it's a bit plain, so if you want to change it, I won't mind."

The room was small, but still bigger than the room he had at the Dursleys. The walls were a light blue color that matched the plaid blanket on the double bed that was against the wall. There was a small desk and a dresser in the room as well. Harry really liked the room. It was comfortable.

"This is great." Harry said as he went and sat down on the bed.

Sirius put Harry's bag down on the bed and said, "I'm glad you like it. I've got some painting to do so why don't you unpack and get settled a bit."

"Okay." Harry said

Sirius went to leave the room and said, "If you need anything, just ask."

"I will." Harry said

Sirius smiled and then walked out the door. He came back half a second later and said, "Harry?"

"Yeah?"

"I'm really glad you decided to come and stay for the weekend." Sirius said truthfully and then walked back out of the room.

"Me too." Harry whispered once Sirius was out of sight.

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Once Harry finished packing he left his room and went to find Sirius. It wasn't hard finding him, all Harry had to do was follow the smell of went paint. Harry's nose led him to Sirius bedroom.

The furniture in Sirius' room was draped in white cloth to protect it from any paint spills. Sirius was painting on one of the walls with a cool green colored paint. He was wearing a pair of paint stained jeans and a paint stained shirt.

Harry leaned against the door frame to the room and asked, "Why don't you just use magic to paint the room?"

Sirius turned around and replied, "Where is the fun in that?"

"It's easier." Harry said

"Just because something is easy doesn't mean you should do it." Sirius said and then threw a paintbrush to Harry, "Come on, give me a hand, it's more fun than it seems."

Harry sighed and walked into the room and started to help Sirius paint the walls. It didn't seem like it was much fun.

"Did you paint the entire house?" Harry asked as he dipped the brush in the paint.

Sirius nodded, "I did."

"All by yourself?" Harry questioned

"Yup."

"Why didn't you want to use magic?"

"Don't know, I just thought it would be a good experience really."

"Oh."

"So," Sirius said, "you're all unpacked and everything?"

"Yea." Harry replied

"Very good." Sirius smiled. He moved towards the direction of the other wall but collided with Harry who had moved to get some more paint. Sirius' paintbrush went across Harry's face, covering his glasses with the green paint.

"ARG!" Harry exclaimed which caused Sirius to laugh.

Harry looked angry at first but then his face broke into an evil grin, "You think that's funny?"

Sirius nodded, still laughing. Harry ran his brush across Sirius face, causing Sirius to stop laughing.

"I'll get you for that one." Sirius smiled

He took a step towards Harry and before they knew it they were involved in a furious paint war. There was more paint on them then there was on the walls. Sirius's hair was mostly green and Harry's entire face was covered in the paint.

Once Sirius and Harry had finally stopped attacking each other with paint, Sirius spoke, "You've got some paint on you."

"Thanks. I hadn't noticed." Harry grinned as he tried to clean off his glasses.

"I think I'm going to need more paint."

"I told you that you should have used magic."

Sirius sighed, "Probably. You hungry?"

"Yeah, a bit." Harry replied

"How about we go and clean up a bit and then we can go into town and have some dinner."

"Sounds good to me."

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AN: okay so that was the next chapter, sorry it was so short. I just wanted to create a lighter atmosphere to start their weekend off with. I might have Remus in the next chapter, not sure yet.

I'll try and update soon. Please read and review, no flames.